Oil spill samples match tanker’s fuel, says PCG

A Philippine Coast Guard team check and get samples from the oil spill over the waters of Rosario, Cavite on Friday to the fuel tanker that has affected at least seven villages in the province.INQUIRER PHOTO / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

MANILA, Philippines—Samples taken from areas hit by an oil spill that stretches 300 square kilometers matched that of the diesel being used by a fuel tanker, the Philippine Coast Guard said Friday.

Lieutenant Commander Armand Balilo, PCG spokesman, disclosed this following the release of the result of a cross-matching test made by the PCG to determine if the oil spill that spread a large reddish stain over Manila Bay and in the municipal waters of Cavite province matches the fuel used by M/T Makisig.

The 34,000-barrel-capacity tanker had earlier unloaded fuel at a Petron terminal in the town of Rosario in Cavite province.

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Balilo said that underwater investigations were being conducted for possible leaks in the submarine pipes of Petron.

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